The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that, Herbicide poisoning was the likely cause of the
mysterious deaths of at least 18 people in Ondo State
last week.
The "current hypothesis is cause of the event is herbicides," WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said in a Tweet."Tests done so far are negative for viral and bacterial infection."
Ondo state health commissioner Dayo Adeyanju said that 23 people had been affected.Mr Akinmade said health officials and experts from the government and aid agencies, as well as WHO epidemiologists, had arrived in Ode-Irele to investigate the deaths.
The tests were carried out at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, the WHO said.
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